Social acceptability of standard and behavioral economic inspired policies designed to reduce and prevent obesity.

ABSTRACT: The obesity epidemic is a significant public policy issue facing the international community, resulting in substantial costs to individuals and society. Various policies have been suggested to reduce and prevent obesity, including those informed by standard economics (a key feature of which is the assumption that individuals are rational) and behavioral economics (which identifies and harness deviations from rationality). It is not known which policy interventions taxpayers find acceptable and would prefer to fund via taxation. We provide evidence from a discrete choice experiment on an Australian sample of 996 individuals to investigate social acceptability of eight policies: mass media campaign; traffic light nutritional labeling; taxing sugar sweetened beverages; prepaid cards to purcha

SUBMITTER: Lancsar E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298376 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature